Revisionary notes on the genus Brues (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Macrocentrinae) from Vietnam.

This paper contains descriptions and illustrations of five new species of the genus Brues, 1922, from Vietnam, viz. Long & Pham, ; Long, ; Long & van Achterberg, ; Long & van Achterberg, ; and Long, Additionally, van Achterberg & He is newly recorded for Vietnam's braconid fauna. A checklist and a key to the Oriental and East Palaearctic species is provided and the in-country distribution of the Vietnamese species is given.

Synergistic infection of Edwardsiella ictaluri and Flavobacterium oreochromis in cage cultured tilapia (Oreochromis sp.).

Widespread distribution of a highly pathogenic Edwardsiella ictaluri strain in farmed tilapia in northern Vietnam has recently been reported. The subsequent investigation noticed a disease outbreak occurred at five nearby tilapia farms with floating cages, in which the clinical signs of both edwardsiellosis and columnaris diseases were observed on the same infected fish and caused 65% to 85% fish mortality. Naturally diseased fish (n = 109) were sampled from the five infected farms for bacterial identification and conducting challenge tests.

First record of the genus Testudobracon Quicke, 1986 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) in Vietnam, with description of four new species.

Five species of the genus Testudobracon Quicke, 1986 in Vietnam were recognized, and four new species, viz. Testudobracon alius Long, sp. nov.

Four new species of the subfamily Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Vietnam.

This paper contains descriptions and illustrations of four new species of braconine wasps from two genera Megalommum Szpligeti, 1900 and Nedinoschiza Cameron, 1911 from Vietnam, viz. Megalommum hoabinhense Long, sp. nov.

Six new braconid wasps of the genus Colastomion Baker, 1917 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) from Vietnam.

The relatively small genus Colastomion Baker, 1917 is newly recorded for Vietnams braconid fauna and six new species are described and fully illustrated, viz. Colastomion asperum Long, sp. n; Colastomion cephonodes Long PVLam, sp.

Two new species of the genus Austerocardiochiles Dangerfield, Austin amp; Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cardiochilinae) from Vietnam.

Two new species of the genus Austerocardiochiles Dangerfield, Austin Whitfield, 1999 from Vietnam, viz. A. mellosus Long, sp.

New record of the genus Zombrus Marshall, 1897 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae), with description of three new species from Vietnam.

The genus Zombrus Marshall, 1897, is newly recorded for Vietnam with four species. Three new species (Z. bicoloricorpus Long, sp.

Interview-based sighting histories can inform regional conservation prioritization for highly threatened cryptic species.

The use of robust ecological data to make evidence-based management decisions is frequently prevented by limited data quantity or quality, and local ecological knowledge (LEK) is increasingly seen as an important source of information for conservation. However, there has been little assessment of LEK's usefulness for informing prioritization and management of landscapes for threatened species, or assessing comparative species status across landscapes.A large-scale interview survey in the Annamite Mountains (Vietnam and Lao PDR) compiled the first systematic LEK data set for saola , one of the world's rarest mammals, and eight other ungulates.